by MBC News | Jul 9, 2021
La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band communities of La Ronge #156 and Kitsaki #156B are under a fire ban again. The ban was implemented at 10 a.m. Friday and will remain in effect until “significant precipitation,” according to a statement...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
RoseAnne Archibald of Ontario will be the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. She secured victory after her rival, Reginald Bellerose from Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan, conceded the race. The election had gone to a...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
The Saskatchewan government is not quite ready to lift a provincial fire ban just yet. According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, there were 30 active fires burning in the province on Thursday afternoon. This includes three wildfires the province is battling...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
The Lac La Ronge Indian is postponing its advisory committees elections. The elections for the K-12 Education, Housing, Health and Post-Secondary committees were to be held July 12 to 20. The band is postponing until Treaty Days, which will possibly be held in...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
By: Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The Prince Albert Pony Chuckwagon and Chariot Association has been staging events throughout Saskatchewan for the past 45 years. But as the association marks its return to action today, July 7,...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2021
The Prince Albert Grand Council hopes two new monuments on the city’s riverbank will draw greater attention to the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The two giant-sized bronze structures were unveiled Wednesday afternoon. Each one is in the...